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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 05, 1929
Page
11
A garbled snippet notes daily steps for eggs and batter use with terms like yolks beat, whip, soda, lemon, celery, and hot weather hints. It mentions pudding cake batter and sweetening for heat, but many words are unreadable.
A fragmented note from Innisfail dated January 28 mentions sending poetry titled Polly and the Japs and asking band members to write back. It references riddles, Cairns, and a post context with informal correspondence among individuals.
Doris Cockrem cites a simple yearly raise example with two men A and B. A gains £100 in six months plus £5 more in the next six months totaling £205. B earns £220 a year but only gets the raise in the following year, totaling £200 in the first year, making A the better deal.
A fragmentary account on nature in North Queensland describes mountain wildlife including opossums and bandicoots. It mentions observers named Rosemary and Pamela and alludes to curiosities about local animals and peculiar disclosures from bubbling sources.
Readable fragments paint a poetic canvas on wealth and virtue. The piece contrasts riches and happiness found in love and restraint, with lines about temper, reform, and gentle acts. It references lavender, sweet peas, daisies, and lilies as symbolic images.
A short quirky verse by Bessie Askew presents wordplay jokes about planes trees plums chairs and rivers. It features three letter river names Dee Exe Wye and puns on icy pavements and a chair named Jet.
The fragment notes a line about Hope and a lark, attributed to Mary, in a poetic or personal message. No clear event, date, or identifiable organization is present.
Readers submitted answers to an entry puzzle with payments listed in pounds. The scheme pays different sums every six months, with amounts rising from £100 to £120 for various entrants labeled A and B, ending in totals like £660 for A after several periods.
A playful vignette features JOHN asking BETTY to marry, with affection and a jar of Creme Charmoran guiding promises of youthful skin. The ad-like scene touts the product as lightening freckled skin, concealing aging, and offering a fresh color for sunburn and faded looks.
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